The brother of murdered beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is suing CBS for £613 million after a TV series suggested he killed her.
Burke Ramsey said the network, its production company and the experts conspired to defame him for publicity and profit.
The 29-year-old added his reputation had been destroyed after ‘The Case of JonBenet Ramsey’ show concluded he killed his six-year-old sister in 1996.
The program, which aired in September, coincided with the 20th anniversary of her being found dead in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado.
A prosecutor cleared her parents and brother in 2008 based on DNA evidence.
But the district attorney currently overseeing the case has said it was premature to exonerate the Ramseys and ordered additional tests using new DNA testing technology that authorities hope will further the investigation.
Burke Ramsey said the network, its production company and the experts conspired to defame him for publicity and profit.
The 29-year-old added his reputation had been destroyed after ‘The Case of JonBenet Ramsey’ show concluded he killed his six-year-old sister in 1996.
The program, which aired in September, coincided with the 20th anniversary of her being found dead in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado.
A prosecutor cleared her parents and brother in 2008 based on DNA evidence.
But the district attorney currently overseeing the case has said it was premature to exonerate the Ramseys and ordered additional tests using new DNA testing technology that authorities hope will further the investigation.
Mr Ramsey previously sued a forensic pathologist featured on the show who said he bludgeoned his sister to death.
The same pathologist is named in the latest $750m civil action that was filed on Wednesday.
‘The accusation that Burke Ramsey killed his sister was based on a compilation of lies, half-truths, manufactured information, and the intentional omission and avoidance of truthful information about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey,’ the lawsuit says.
--Roluyo Hammed contributed reporting.
The same pathologist is named in the latest $750m civil action that was filed on Wednesday.
‘The accusation that Burke Ramsey killed his sister was based on a compilation of lies, half-truths, manufactured information, and the intentional omission and avoidance of truthful information about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey,’ the lawsuit says.
--Roluyo Hammed contributed reporting.
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